The choice of the date for Yom Hasho'ah has been controversial from the "get-go"
When I was at a Yekke Congregation, the date they used was a "slam dunk" - namely the anniversary of Krystallnacht - the date that the Nazis declared war on us Jews and upon Jewish Holy Places.
Unfortunately, while there were about half-a-million Jews in the "Anschlussed" Reich, it seems that since that date didn't impact Eastern European Jews, therefore it did not resonate enough for them to observe that anniversary. And it seems that as the Yekke's die out, so will this commemoration.
Shalom and Regards,
RRW
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